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Becoming Pet Passionate

Victoria Cowart Becoming Pet Passionate By Victoria Cowart, CPM, NAAEI Faculty Are you acquiring residential rental property and wanting to start on the best foot? Here's a question that will impact approximately seventy percent of your renters. How will you respond to pets in your rental properties? Will you prohibit pets? Will you become pet-friendly? Or will you push yourself and...

Unmarried Ratio of Men to Women Aged 18+

By Brad Beckett A recent chart from the U.S. Census Bureau illustrates the unmarried ratio of men to women.  The unmarried ratio is the number of unmarried men per 100 unmarried women for the population 18 and over.  Rations greater than 100 indicate more unmarried men than women wile rations less than 100 indicate more...

Stopping the “Anti-Predatory” Nonsense

By Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, Given all the different stories in the news, I’m not sure if you’ve seen the announcements regarding multiple progressive U.S. Senators introducing a bill called the “Stop Predatory Investing Act” which is designed to remove certain tax deductions for interest expense and depreciation deductions for property owners with 50 or more single-family homes. The way this bill...

Getting It Into Evidence

By: Jeffery S. Watson Most of you know that I’m a practicing attorney in Ohio with a history of trial work and litigation. One of the things a trial lawyer thinks about is how to get information admitted into evidence. I want to share with you the best way to get text messages between you and another party admitted into evidence. There is a right...

Getting Squeezed?

By: Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, Have any of the following been causing a little extra pressure or making you feel squeezed in your real estate business – rising interest rates, tightening lending criteria by institutional lenders, near double-digit increases in real estate taxes and insurance premiums, or increasing costs for materials and supplies for repairs, renovations and rehabs? If any (or maybe...